With the countdown moving backward as planned, the seven astronauts who will fly Discovery to the…
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Launch Pad Preparations Under Way
Technicians are working at different parts of Launch Pad 39A tonight as space shuttle Discovery is…
Tank Fueled; Countdown in Planned Hold
Discovery’s external tank has been loaded with about 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen…
Hydrogen Tanking at “Stable Replenish’
Space shuttle Discovery’s orange external tank has been loaded with the liquid hydrogen fuel it will…
Tanking Proceeding with No Difficulties
Super-cold liquid propellants continue to pump into the massive orange external tank of space shuttle Discovery…
Tanking Under Way
Liquid hydrogen is being pumped into the external tank of space shuttle Discovery as it sits…
Space Shuttle Discovery Ready for Flight
Space shuttle Discovery is in the final stages of preparation before its flight to the International…
NASA and ATK Media Telecon after Ares I Solid Rocket Motor Test
Representatives from NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Aug. 27 at…
Lightfoot Named Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA has named Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., as the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center…
Making Preparations
STS-128 astronaut Nicole Stott participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the…